@10 - Maybe I'm not as old as I thought I was, because I can tell when the kids writing these things are diverging from a general rant to a personal grievance and then back again. I think the "controlling or protective" was in quotation marks because that kid was referencing a specific person, event, or exchange. Those may have even been one of the emo kids the author is addressing's exact words. Not that it's good English writing in any case. Also, girlfriend, if you still don't understand what emo is, I think it's time to just give up at this point. You're enlightened in so many other, more important ways. =P